The release date of comic book adaptation The Losers has been pushed back by Warner Bros Pictures.

Sylvain White's DC Comics/Vertigo adaptation is now expected to arrive in cinemas on June 4 - nearly two months after its previously announced release date of April 9.

Reports claim that the move was made so that the The Losers would not compete at the box office with fellow Warner movie Clash of the Titans, which is out on April 2.

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The Losers is based on a comic by writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock. It features a special forces team that vows to take on the CIA and its interests after being betrayed by an influential handler called Max (Jason Patric).